Something is happening near the pool!!!

[Whipperwhirl]

Dittos TCD - you really have been an amazing source of info - THANK YOU - WHIP

 

[CampingBandit]

The worker told me inspection is on Tuesday and he will then apply the pool chemicals after inspection and then it will be turned over to Disney recreation on Wednesday.

I thought the water looked a bit odd.....

 

[Tri-circle-D]

what great pics!! I was so sorry that i couldn't find my camera to take any while i was there this past week. Especially a pic of the worker taking a nap by the bathrooms...that would have been a classic!!! TCD i think i came up on you asking questions to the workers that were laying sod. I saw a man on a bike, in a semi hawaiian floral shirt asking when the pool would be ready. I listeaned patiently! I heard him say...yeah i think they are pretty much sticking to schedule!! HELLO!!!! wasn't the schedule supposed to be march?! anyways! after hearing, possibly you, fish for answers, i thought to myself...hmmmm...i wonder if he is spying for the DIS boards!! hee hee ...could i be right? was it you!!!

i did try to find the guy with tooter shooters...but i didn't come across the first neon green signs! must've been due to the rain!

No, that wasn't me. I don't remember seeing anyone laying sod on this trip, or wearing a Hawaiian shirt. Sounds like maybe DaveInTN?

Ok...now that we have the pool pretty much finished up and ready for this week to open....Has anyone heard the timeline for the new splash zone, and when it might be completed?

I am planning 1st week of May, didn't know if there was a chance of it being completed or not?

TCD??? Any word?

The info I got was that Fort management was expecting a C.O. (certificate of occupancy) from the contractor on the pool later this week. After that, they are bringing in pool furniture, and doing some cleaning, and getting ready to open the pool by Friday, April 10.

The splash zone is about a month from completion. They will fence this area off when the pool initially opens. It might be done by the first week of May. It will be close.

We were at the Fort this morning and wandered around the pool this morning and got permission from a worker to enter the pool area and take some pictures. The slide painting is complete. The worker told me inspection is on Tuesday and he will then apply the pool chemicals after inspection and then it will be turned over to Disney recreation on Wednesday. I,m on the BlackBerry now so pictures in the morning. Also told about the Splash zone and that they had about a month on that.

This info about the splash zone is consistent with what I was told. I would like to see a photo of the completed paint job on the slide.

I thought the water looked a bit odd.....

Yes the water is cloudy, and has a greenish tinge. It does appear that the filtration system is running, but the chemicals must be out of whack. The interior pool surface is white, so the water should not have a green tinge. I am sure that this will be fixed in short order.

And Bama_ed- what a creative imagination you have! Good job. Our spying missions were not quite a glamorous as you have described, but we got the job done.

TCD

 

[DaveInTN]

No, that wasn't me. I don't remember seeing anyone laying sod on this trip, or wearing a Hawaiian shirt. Sounds like maybe DaveInTN?

TCD

I would like to deny that I was lurking around the Fort last week in a Hawaiian shirt, but TCD has photographic proof. And I don't know what you are referring to as "laying sod", but if it's what I think it is I only do that in the comfort stations...

 

[clkelley]

As promised, here are the pictures we got on Sunday morning:

The spa had been emptied again, and was being refilled, and there were workers on the big lifts working on the lights.

 

[clkelley]

Also, this is kind of pool related.

This picture was taken at the golf cart parking near the campfire.

 

[nikkipowell1]

Since I am a newbie and have never been to the fort, is the little square pool a kiddie pool? Do they have ladders you use to enter and exit the pool?

 

[clkelley]

The little square pool is a kiddie pool.

And yes there are ladders to enter the pool and at one end there are steps leading into the water the entire width.

 

[Tri-circle-D]

Carol- Good job. I can't believe that you got permission to enter and take photos. I never thought about that. Asking permission. I'll have to remember that! I wondered what they brought that big lift in there for. At first I thought it was to paint the slide, but they had ladders tall enough for that. I didn't think I would like the slide painted brown, but it looks OK. Also, the rope netting that is shown in your photos around the slide was not there on Saturday. It really looks like the pool will be ready to go this week!

TCD

 

[clkelley]

Carol- Good job. I can't believe that you got permission to enter and take photos. I never thought about that. Asking permission. I'll have to remember that! I wondered what they brought that big lift in there for. At first I thought it was to paint the slide, but they had ladders tall enough for that. I didn't think I would like the slide painted brown, but it looks OK. Also, the rope netting that is shown in your photos around the slide was not there on Saturday. It really looks like the pool will be ready to go this week!

TCD

Quite honestly, I would have never asked, but my Rick seems to have a way with people, and can "sell" anybody. Plus, there were no actual "Disney" people around. This guy worked for the pool chemical contractor, and I would imagine the guys working the lights were contractors also.

But is was kind of cool to actually go in there

 

[ynottony99]

The spa had been emptied again, and was being refilled, and there were workers on the big lifts working on the lights.

I think that there was a picture posted on here of somebody sticking their big ole dirty feet in that spa, probably cheaper to drain it and start over than dump enough chemicals in there to clean it up!

 

[We4mickey]

As promised, here are the pictures we got on Sunday morning:

The spa had been emptied again, and was being refilled, and there were workers on the big lifts working on the lights.

They must have found out TCD had his feet in the water.
Great pics Carol!

 

[Tri-circle-D]

I think that there was a picture posted on here of somebody sticking their big ole dirty feet in that spa, probably cheaper to drain it and start over than dump enough chemicals in there to clean it up!

They must have found out TCD had his feet in the water.
Great pics Carol!

Hey!

Is this pick on TCD week?

Good thing I didn't step in the pool, too! (I guess TCD DD's feet weren't as gnarly).

TCD

 

[BradyBz12]

OH so appropriate that TCD (and DD) were the first ones to go "in" the pool/hot tub!

Thanks again for all the fantastic detective work and photos. Unlike past trips, I have a feeling DH and I will be spending quite a bit of time at the pool this Nov.

 

[LONE-STAR]

Hey!

Is this pick on TCD week?

TCD

After April fool's it would be well deserved.

 

[Live4FW]

Hey!

Is this pick on TCD week?

TCD

I look at it this way. If you got to go to the Fort and I didn't then you are fair game

 

[Eeyore'sthebest]

Is it me or does that spa look like a guitar?

I thought someone was posting from ASMusic! And great pictures Carol. Thanks.

 

[LONE-STAR]

Is it me or does that spa look like a guitar?

I thought someone was posting from ASMusic! And great pictures Carol. Thanks.

I saw it to. I think TCD took the real FW hot tub plans. Then replaced them with a fake. You know how those spy's are.

 

[69RoadRunner]

The splash zone is about a month from completion. They will fence this area off when the pool initially opens. It might be done by the first week of May. It will be close.

TCD

Is the splash zone the slide area?

I really hope it's done by the first week in May! If that mouse doesn't have it done by then, there might be Mickey burgers on the grill!

 

[Tri-circle-D]

After April fool's it would be well deserved.

I look at it this way. If you got to go to the Fort and I didn't then you are fair game

Yes, I do deserve it. Don't worry, I can take it.

Is the splash zone the slide area?

No, the splash zone is a separate area off to the side of where the kiddie pool is located. It is separate from the new tower and slide. It looks like it will be shaped like a large oval. Apparently, it will have play equipment suitable for younger children. A castmember I spoke to, who seemed to know what he was talking about, said it would have a small tower and slides (yes plural) for smaller children. This area is still pretty much a mess, and is going to be fenced off from the rest of the pool area until it is completed in "about a month" after the pool opens.

TCD